Constituency
270. Burdwan North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-BURDWAN-NORTH
CPM 62.5%won by 31.7%INC 30.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.5% to 31.7%.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,49,842
Margin
47,536
31.72%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1NISITH ADHIKARYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM93,61762.5%
- 2RAIMONI DASIndian National Congress · INC46,08130.8%
- 3LAKSHMI KANTA DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,0483.4%
- 4JAGANNATH KONRAIndependent · IND2,7341.8%
- 5ANANDA BHATTACHARYYACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,7371.2%
- 6LALON SAIKHIndependent · IND3610.2%
- 7RAMENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND2640.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −1.8%
- CPM share
- 62.4% → 62.5%
- INC share
- 28.9% → 30.8%
- Turnout
- — → —